Guild Wars 2: The WILLBENDER Review (Thoughts, Builds & Tips) 

I wasn't into guardian as a class the whole time I've been playing. I'm a weaver kinda guy with a thief on the side (this felt like the natural conclusion) , but when I saw the playstyle and learned a bit about it, I knew I had to try it. Haven't looked back since. I adore this class. The speed, the burns, the agility, the class fantasy. I love it all. Also since they've mentioned looking into reworking some weapons, I do really hope that for willbender, they give our sword/whatever 3 the weaver/thief treatment and have it combine with our offhand into something unique. Could be a cool way to get around the stand still bullshit

Yes, finally! A review on one of the new specs that is quick and simple!

“A ridiculous amount of defiance bar break” you just whispered the magic words my friend, gonna have to go make a willbender build now lol I know it’s probably silly but deleting defiance bars just makes me feel all the good feelings xD

Which classes to do next? As many as you can do. I love these short but sweet analysis of how classes plays.

I wasn't really planning on using Willbender, as I don't love Guardian. I'll have to give it a shot though, this gameplay looks fun. I've been playing Bladesworn and Mechanist myself. As someone who mained condi Berserker for a long time, it's been fun playing something totally different on the same class. Mechanist is just so strong/easy that I wanted to play it now, just in case it gets nerfed lol.

loving your content tbh, fantastic vids can't wait for the next upload

finally found the channel to delve into Austins GW2 love without shillup gettin in the way

I love the willbender! I've only ever played guardian and recently only Firebrand so the willbender was extremely refreshing. Just so fast and you have to think about what to do next. The firebrand has a lot of nice utility, but for doing damage it feels mostly brain afk, you don't even have to target stuff, it just dies, you basically just stand on one spot all the time. The willbender feels way more involved and I like that. :D For me (playing power willbender), it does have a very similar feel to the dragonhunter though. But I like the willbender way more, as the virtues feel nicer to use. The only thing I dislike is the inability to do anything at range. The firebrand at least can use the scepter and has a few middle ranged fire attacks. And the Dragonhunter can use the bow if necessary or spam those whirling swords on the ground (forgot the name). For the Willbender I haven't found anything for ranged dmg yet, except for sword 3.. which isn't great, as you said.

Excited for the new player guide! As a new player myself it really feels like a lot of "getting started" content misses the mark using terminology or glossing over basic things that are not obvious for someone who hasn't been playing for years. My friends and I are asking some of the same questions that have been really hard to figure out without a thesaurus. :)

I'd like some kind of visual indicator that your virtue has ended so you're then prompted to move onto the next one. It just gets lost in the buff bar and you'll need to develop muscle memory for the timing. But depending on your traits they can last for a longer duration and have different cooldowns plus one is an ammo skill so it's a lot to get used to. For the alacrity build I'm annoyed that out of the 3 virtue movement skills the F2 is the only one that forces you to move a minimum distance, usually out of the group. The other two are aimed and stop at the target so you *can* use them for mobility but you don't have to reposition if you don't need to.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on bladesworn. I've never played warrior (or any heavy armor class) but the new specs look really fun

"Dual-wielding, crack-addled firebender" So I'm not a guardian main, but I might be considering...

I really like that armor color you had at the beginning

1:30 Yeah it reminds me of Avatar the last air bender too I really love the blue spirit character with martial arts twin blade in game there is pretty cool sword skin too name "Crucible" but for me i really love the Purifier sword.

I thought your voice sounded familiar and then I realized you're SkillUp's editor! Excited to see your GW2 content!

IS that cape the archer cape or is it something else?

What gear its the Best to Power Build?

That armor set at the beginning is so cool, which set is it?

What are the dyes you used and what is your headgear by the way? Thank you. Hope you respond.

Was debating to even try out willbender, so used to just playing DH - might give it a go thanks to this. How do you feel the two compare in raids/strikes/fracs? Also just wanna say LOVE the content, eager to see more GW2 videos. (came from SkillUp)

New player looking for a stong pvp character. Any recommendations? I typically play melee and like more simple classes.

I'm considering getting back to the game again, after seeing you praise the game so much on ShillUp's videos. Left off around mid-HoT, if I decide to take the plunge, should I go straight to EoD or just play through the expacs in order? Looking forward to necro stuff too.

As a new player my first level 80 is a guardian I don't have the hero points to try any elite specs yet. Which spec do you enjoy the most while playing your guardian?

what armor is that?

What cloak are you wearing?

build and gear pls?

Whats that armor?

Is it worth playing this game on 250 ping? From Australia, dunno if you’re in the same boat.

So Guardian is your main huh ? Were you join the group killing Lt.Purist to complete Willbender collection ?

How do you make the game look good?

Good video, guardian main myself. my biggest issue which you say in the first 60 seconds. Class feels like a thief spec and not a guardian spec :/

I don’t have any thoughts about Guild Wars 2, but good content is good content

You misspelled Willy bender.

I love willbender. Just wish it had not been beaten with the nerf stick so much before I started playing 😑

Hmmm....lol nty

I would like to try WILLBENDER with two swords, but I'm not a guild wars 2 player, I tried it almost every class and it just didn't clicked to me, Willbender looks interesting but I would need to buy the DLC and play all through the game to get into elite spec choice and then maybe even realize that yeah I still don't like the game so waste of time and money.